Copyright Comedies and More
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From the Library of Congress
Released June 06, 2022
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Overview
A compilation of thirteen rare silent films digitized by the Library of Congress, selected for the 2022 Domitor conference theme “Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.” Drawn from nitrate and safety film, the program spans comedies, trick films, and dramas exploring censorship, invention, adaptation, and social rights. Titles include: Pruning the Movies (Nestor, 1914); Imperial Japanese Dance (Edison, 1894); Early Edison Camera Tests (Edison, c.1890s); Censorship and its Absurdities (Edison, 1915); In Wrong (Crystal, 1914, dir. Phillips Smalley); Tillie’s Tomato Surprise (Lubin, 1915, dir. Howell Hansell); Indian Land Grab (Champion, 1910); The Stolen Play (Falcon Features, 1917, dir. Harry Harvey); And the Villain Still Pursued Her (Vitagraph, 1906, dir. J. Stuart Blackton); The Doll’s Revenge (Hepworth, 1907, dir. Lewin Fitzhamon); The Disintegrated Convict (Vitagraph, 1907); The Mexican Joan of Arc (Kalem, 1911, dir. Kenean Buel); and Fads and Fashions of 1900 (U.S., 1940s).
Cast
Marie Dressler
as
Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
Ruth Roland
as
Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
Alice Joyce
as
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
Vivian Prescott
as
Archive Footage, "In Wrong"
Eddie Lyons
as
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
Paul Panzer
as
Archive Footage, "And the Villain Still Pursued Her"
Lee Moran
as
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
William Conklin
as
Archive Footage, "The Stolen Play"
Jane Wolfe
as
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
Carlyle Blackwell
as
Archive Footage, "The Mexican Joan of Arc"
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Harry L. Rattenberry
as
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"
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Carmen de Philippi
as
Archive Footage, "Pruning the Movies"